Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31
करिष्यन्त्यत्र ये श्राद्धं पित्ःणां नर्मदातटे । कुम्भेश्वरसमीपस्थास्तत्फलं शृणु षण्मुख
kariṣyantyatra ye śrāddhaṃ pitḥṇāṃ narmadātaṭe | kumbheśvarasamīpasthāstatphalaṃ śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha
ఇక్కడ నర్మదా తీరంలో కుంభేశ్వర సమీపంలో ఉండి పితృదేవతల శ్రాద్ధం చేయువారు పొందు ఫలాన్ని వినుము, ఓ షణ్ముఖా।
Skanda (self-referential address indicates an embedded dialogue; likely narrator continues and addresses/mentions Ṣaṇmukha as Skanda epithet)
Tirtha: Kumbheśvara-tīrtha on Narmadā-tata
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṣaṇmukha (Skanda) addressed
Scene: A quiet Narmadā bank at dawn; a householder with kusa grass and a small plate of piṇḍas performs śrāddha; nearby rises the Kumbheśvara shrine with a flag and bell; a priest instructs; offerings float as tila-jala into the current.
FAQs
Ancestral duties (pitṛ-dharma) performed at a powerful tīrtha become exceptionally fruitful and enduring.
The Narmadā riverbank tīrtha in the immediate vicinity of Kumbheśvara.
Performing śrāddha for the Pitṛs at Narmadā-taṭa near Kumbheśvara.